Clothesline hook



Mar. 13, 1923.

1,448,473 W. W. THOMPSON CLOTHESLINE HOOK Filed Aug. 4, 1922 INVENTOR BY I ATT0RNEY Patented Mar. 13, 3923.

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CLOTHESLINE HOOK.

Application filed August 4, 1922. Serial No. 579,611.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM W. THoMrsoN, a citizen of the United States of'America, and resident of Fort Wayne, in the county of Allen andState of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Clothesline Hooks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvement-sin clothes line hooks and the object thereof is to provide a fastening for a clothes line, so constructed that the line by simple manipulation may be secured in a manner to prevent it from retracting When drawn tight,

and which will also admit of the detachment of the line by simple manipulation.

This object is accomplished by the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a clothes hook embodying the invention;

Fig. 2 is a front elevation projected from Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a perspective View showing the invention as it appears in use witha clothes line attached thereto;

Fig. 4 is a side elevation showing a modified form of the invention; and

Fig. 5 is a front elevation projected from F i 'Ihe characters appearing in the description refer to parts shownin the drawings and designated thereon by corresponding characters.

The invention comprises a hook 1 formed of a metal rod, one end of which is securely fixed in a base 2. At the point 3 of the hook, the rod isbent and extends from the point in parallelism with and adjacent to the outer portion of the hook 1 down to the lowermost portionthereof where a pendant projection 4 is formed by folding the rod laterally upon itself. The outer terminal of the rod is bent so as to extend upwa-rdly'in conformity with the curvature of the hook and with slight lateral divergence, said outer portion forming a prong 5 adjacent the in termediate portion 6 of the rod.

The base 2 has a series of screw holes 7 for the application of screws in mounting the base. I

In the form of the invention shown in Figs. 4 and 5 the hook 8 is formed of a me tallic rod, one end of which is bent so as to form a shank 9 which is screw threaded so as to admit of its beingscrewed into a supporting post (not shown). At the point 10 of the hook the rod is folded laterally upon itself so that its portion 11 extends in parallelism with and adjacent to the hook 8, said portion extending past the shank 9 and being folded laterally upon itself forming a pendant projection 12, the upwardly extending terminal of the rod forming a divergent prong 13. 'In'this form, the in- 'vention is constructed complete from a single piece of material} In utilizing the invention the hook is mounted upon any suitable support in the customary manner and the clothes line 14 is applied by drawing it downwardly over the hook, around the front of the pendant projection 4: and then between the prong 5 and the intermediate portion 6 whereupon the line becomes wedged and thus held securely from retracting. In detaching the line, that portion thereof wedged behind the prong is drawn upwardlyover the point of the prong andreleased so that the line extends loosely in the hook from which it may then be easily removed. When the line is applied to the device in the manner illustrated in Fig. 3 and the ends of the rope are drawn taut, the line is wedged between; the prong and the intermediate portion 6 and isalso wedged between the hook 1 and the adjacent face of the pendant projection 4, thus doubly securing the line from slipping when pulled in either direction.

What I claim is':- p

1. A clothes line hook formed of a metal rod, one portion of which is bent so as to form a hook, that portion contiguous to the point of the hook being folded so as to extend in parallelism with and adjacentto the outer portion of the hook, said contiguous 1 portionextending beyond the lower portion of the hook and being folded so as to form a pendant projection, the outer terminal of said rod being curved upwardly forming a prong adjacent tosaid contiguous portion.

2. A clothes line hook formed of a metallic rod, one end portionv thereof forming I a hook, the opposite end portion thereof forming a prong, and the intermediate portion thereof being contiguous with the point of the hook and the connectedend of the prong, there being formed a pendant projectipnfat the juncture Ofthe intermediate between the intermediate portion end the portlon and the pro-11g, the outer portion'of prong. 10

the h eok the 'injtel mediate portion and said lntestlmony whereef aflix my signature prong extehding m a plane in close pro 1n presence of two Witnesses.

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that when aclothes line is applied thereto Witnesses; the line meybe wedged between thejho'ok 'MATILDA METTLER, and the lntermediate portion end also "ArG. BURNS. 

